Closet attachment.



C. W. MACY. CLOSET ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED IA N. 11 m1.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917 CLARKSON W. MAGY, OF CONVERSE, INDIANA.

CLOSET ATTACHMENT.

Application filed. January 11, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CniRKsoN WV. MAoY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Converse, in the county of Miami and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Closet Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a closet attachment or deodorizer, and aims to provide a novel and improved device of that character for spraying a deodorant into the bowl, thereby providing for sanitation.

It is the object of the invention to provide a device of the character indicated which can be readily applied to various bowls, and which is simple and inexpensive in construction, and which will perform its oflice in a thoroughly etlicient manner.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of the device, portions being broken away.

. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided an open oval-shaped or annular body or member 1 composed of wood or other suitable material and adapted to seat upon the rim of any standard bowl 2. A ring 3 is secured to the inner edge of the member 1 and provides a depending apron or flange 4 to hang within the rim of the bowl, for holding the member 1 in place thereon. A ring 5 is secured to the outer edge of the member 1, and a cup 6 for containing an atomizer is suitably attached, as at 7, to the ring 5, preferably at one side thereof, or at a point where it is out of the way.

Any suitable atomizer is used for spraying the deodorant, the atomizer illustrated embodying the bottle or receptacle 8 held by the cup 6, and the spray nozzle 9 which is Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917. Serial no. 141,863.

so placed as to extend across the member 1 to deliver'the spray into the bowl.

In order to force air through the atomizer, there is provided a continuous or endless defiatable tube 10 of rubber or other suitable material and of the same general shape as the member 1. The tube 10 has flat top and bottom surfaces and bulged sides, the bottom surface of the tube being cemented or otherwise secured upon the member 1 to prevent the displacement of theparts. The tube 10 has an outward nipple 11 near the atomizer, to which a flexible tube 12 is connected, said tube 12 being also connected to the atomizer for conducting the air from the deflatable tube 10 into the bottle 8 from which it is discharged through the nozzle 9 in the form of a spray. The tube 10 is provided at a suitable point with an air inlet nipple 13 provided with a check valve 14, allowing the air to enter the tube 10 through the nipple 13 but preventing the escape of air through said nipple, thereby constraining the air to be discharged through the tube 12 and atomizer.

A seat 15 of wood or other suitable material and of the same general shape as the member 1 and tube 10 is seated upon the tube 10 and is preferably cemented to the upper fiat surface of said tube. A depending annular apron 16 is secured to the seat 13 adjacent to its inner edge and protects the tube 10. The apron 16 also overlaps the inner edge of the member 1 to guide the seat 15 for up and down movement, the apron 16 having a vertical slot 17 for accommodating the tip of the nozzle 9, whereby said nozzle can project through the apron 16 when the seat 15 is depressed.

In operation, when the seat 15 is depressed, the tube 10 is deflated, thereby forcing the air through the tube 12 and atomizer, the air in flowing through the atom-- izer and from the nozzle 9' spraying the deodorant into the bowl. After the flushing action, when the seat 15 is allowed to rise due to the resiliency of the tubelO, the expansion of said tube will suck air into the same through the nipple 13, thereby filling the tube 10 with air for a subsequent operation. The present device, as illustrated, is designed to replace the ordinary seat, although it can be modified, within the scope of what is claimed, for use in connection with ordinary seats.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A. closet attachment embodying a deodorant atomizer for spraying the interior of a bowl, and an endless deflatable tube connected to the atomizer for supplying air thereto, and adapted to be supported upon the bowl.

2. A closet attachment embodying a body member to seat on a bowl, a deodorant atomizer for spraying the interior of the bowl, a deflatable member upon said member and connected to the atomizer for supplying air thereto, and a seat upon said deflatable member.

3. A closet attachment embodying a member to seat on the rim of a bowl, a deodorant atomizer for spraying the interior of the five cents each. by addressing the bowl, an endless deflatable tube seated upon said member and connected to the atomizer for supplying air thereto, and a seat mounted upon said tube.

4.. A closet attachment embodying a member to seat on the rim of a bowl, a deodorant atomizer for spraying the interior of the bowl, an endless defiatable tube seated upon said member and connected to the atomizer for supplying air thereto, a seat mounted upon said tube, and a depending apron carried by the seat to overlap the inner edge of said member and protect said tube.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CLARKSON W. MAOY.

Witnesses MAURICE H. TAYLOR, J os. RICH.

Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, I). G. 

